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If just been sitting here chilling all evening, trying to get some gaming in. But since I just saw Tech Raptor put out a story on the Reddit meltdown that’s happening as I type this, I figured that I might as well follow suit. Why not serve the site instead of sitting around on Twitter? It really is astonishing what’s going on with Reddit, though. several high profile subreddit have switched to private in protest of company policies, and tons of others all following suit. Here’s some graphics so you can see the severity of the situation:

https://twitter.com/atlasnodded/status/616770170799980544

https://twitter.com/atlasnodded/status/616771871711854592

This all seems to have come to a boil when Reddit employee Victoria Taylor got shitcanned today. I had never heard of her, but apparently she was integral with the AMA’s and just generally an awesome person. It sounds like someone fucked up bigtime by doing her like this:

https://twitter.com/atlasnodded/status/616791809264615424

More from Victoria Taylor:

I have no idea what Jesse was talking about right there, but it was pretty funny. I did mention him earlier in another article, but I had somehow missed this AMA. More from Tech Raptor:

Explanations on the site include a post on subreddit r/OutOfTheLoop from user karmanaut explaining that well-liked admin chooter, aka “Victoria”, has been fired from the site. According to karmanaut, “Victoria” was the go-to admin for the higher profile IAmA participants, ensuring verifications that they were who they said they were and actively administering the ongoing IAmA sessions.

Like the headline says, the place is up in flames. There’s still all kinds of stuff breaking as we speak. When we find out more, this article will be updated. I’m also pretty sure the mainstream media will pick up on this conflagration as well. Stay tuned.

They could just fire Ellen Pao and blame all this shit on her. She's still "interim" CEO for a reason.

MORNING UPDATE: Here’s more from Reddit & Twitter. It looks like Pao has seized control of r/pics at this time. I only assume more of that type of thing is coming down the pike. A petition is also going around calling for her resignation. It has about 15,000 signatures at this time. All kinds of stuff is going on. I expect news to be breaking the rest of the day. I’ll keep this post updated throughout.